The incident was captured on video surveillance. Many corrections officers testified at trial, including the officer who was struck by the urine.

A serologist from the New York State Police Crime Lab testified that the thrown substance tested positive for urine.

In 2005, Ashcroft was convicted for throwing feces at a corrections officer in Sullivan County. He was previously convicted for attempted robbery, reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sale of crack cocaine, according to the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office